. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.

Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2011 Apr 29;7(8):3150–3157. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.04.022

Table 1.

Characterization of the alkoxyethyl-CA monomers.

Alkoxyethyl group	Molecular weight (gmol⁻¹)	Specific gravity (gmr⁻¹)	Contact angle^a	Yield (%)	Max. temperature (°C)^b
Methoxy	155.1	1.09	58.3	45	55
Ethoxyl	169.2	1.08	51.2	40	51
Propoxy	183.2	1.00	48.1	36	49
Butoxy	197.2	0.99	47.2	26	48
Hexoxy	225.3	0.94	44.2	14	46
Dermabond®	209.3	0.98	41.4	N/A	48

Calculated using 5 μl of each monomer on a latex wafer. The contact angle of doubly distilled water on the same surface is 74.3.

Maximal temperature for bulk polymerization of 200 μl of monomer initiated by 10 μl of 0.1 N NaOH.